“Maybe the two caves that Jackson mentioned are really one, and this passageway connects them.”
“We’ll soon find out.”
By this time all but one of the torches had burnt themselves out. But this the lads did not mind, for the light ahead was steadily increasing, showing that they could not be far from another opening.
“Look!” called Jack suddenly. And then he added: “Keep quiet, all of you!”
He pointed ahead and there, around a bend of the rocks, all saw two figures moving around on horseback. One was the figure of a tall man, and the other that of a well-grown youth.
“Why, that’s Brassy Bangs!” whispered Fred excitedly.
“Yes. And the man is Bud Haddon,” returned Andy.
“What do you bet Haddon isn’t after Brassy for more money?” put in Fred excitedly.
While the youngest Rover was speaking, he and the others saw that the two figures on horseback had disappeared behind a mass of rocks.
“I’m going ahead and find out about this,” declared Jack. “Come on! So far as we can see there are only two of them, so the six of us have nothing to fear.”